Clasp for parallel hose members



Aug. 27, 1935. F, w. GUNN CLASP FOR PARALLEL HOSE MEMBERS Filed Jan. 25,1934 INVENTOR 7. Waunn,

BY 7 3744 MW-11 ,flt z Jail Q 7 ATTORNEYS WITNESSES Z/ it a}? 1 MPatented Aug. 21, 1935 d oLAsP' megeamenese mntmens invention relates toimprovements in clasps and the like, and itsphjects are as $01 Q a firstt em a th com t q fi e e ble be and at e s ere i n -ho e m me ber;(in,praetiee usually two hosemembei s), the

I bandv haying securingmeans for aiifixing it t o the hose member,the'res iliency of the latter-being pend 1 1mm return e Dene-t s. Qrieel shape 01 substantially so, whenei ushed as by being stepped upomforwhich purpose the band is made malleable as aforesaid.

econd, to combinea zino, alu mm imioi other malleable metal band, fwitha pair of rubber or similarly flexible-hose members there beingsecuring; means totfiX the endsbf the band together so tionj byitfienatural resilie cyofiheuhos memhers is eqaee ea alft'rfthe sjef p'a'rtsmayihave been stepped upon or otherwise crushed;

Fourth, to provide connecting meansto join two hose members in fixedparallelism atleast at OneQp int inethe hoselip'ef, said connectingmeans v-fisiiall's'tc'ons isting'iof-'afmalleable band a rigid clip;jeach b'ent' at its ends to 'enable' qmck" instal-"lationjasfpresentlyfbroilghtfoutg v. 1 i Fifth; toprovideeonnedtingimeanswhich pan 0 be"adaptedtosuspendingaipower cableIron an overhead'siippo ting wire. l ithet e sf a Ei r sa i rspe i e Vew ll txta ne'th iuseioi t e'hclesn in ho in itn l i qse m fibers "aria=easw dine'3 tfl i a a elis -e 1 fi urezz is-a pe'zsp t ve vi m r m etil, i i;

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fireth 'Yb'el'being burntthrough with a eon sequenfldahger [toilite'andproperty; -""Tt'ieimprovedclaspis intended to qvercome' all of theexisting disadyantages of bicycle tapeand over upon shg'mng th eplas'pprevent pulling apart d iring any ordinary fuse. j

ahnnir umoi Si N d 'h edf'i's easilyworkedywith' thefingers during 50initially fitting-atarojmd theihos'e members14;';5 aspietiiredjri-Figiire 8. usually madei'of; rubber Fig resatmamsteamiaaeeeana w a I V stood asjcons'istingof anyother resilientmaterial.

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" 12-01mm; (Giza-81 I normal shapeffwhen the crashing "pressfii'e' i s iemot ed; this byyirtue of thelresiliencyof the a hose membei aetingl'ag'ainst the malleabil ityof band.

Y a-pe'i' speetive View of m r'igmmfifi J Figure 8 is'a detajl'perspective view illustrat ing the first step iriapplyir' 'g theoahd.

"I'heinvention'is'primarfly'inteiidedfoiusein g connectionwith gaswelding outfits. Figure 1' illustrates one kindof such an outfit ofwhich I may be considered the compressed acetyleneg'as tank and Zqtheoxygen tank. These tanks'might contain any, otherf fluids, "the twomentioned 15 merely serving'as'ian il lustfation. Each tank has 1 "asififiable' edritrol 3 atthe top, and a pair of hosemembers 4,15Ieadofito thebIOwpipeor to'r'eh 5 the hands of thejworkman.

.' Gene outfitss'uh as thisare equipped with 0 r .50! leng'thsflmoreorless) ofhose; the members of which are bound together at frequent inter;vals with" wrappings of ordinary bicyelej "tape.

tape wears andIfr'ays jvery rapidly Because ofbing'drag'ged overthefloor, so that thebindr ings haveto be renewed quite often, any onenot Tiastin'more than two or three weeks;

The Io'regoingf tape'hatufally binds thefhose f mem "ers closel@t'ogether atthe points where it V itself is objectionable because of"its" inflammahihty, andfimthe. event of 'theftape patching eilsj da getofon'e or thegothei hose memdesign an, eonsists of a maileablehand lfielf as to foi'meiapos'itelydhfected ooks: wh ch ar im't de t e k" (F 4)or at least 'tcimak such an" intereonnectionthat speeiIyihga-maHeameband'a-hand'of zine,

milai" pliahl metal is meant. The

'ff' lh'ese hose membelfs ai'e l but they shouIdbe undef- It is herethat theeombination ente m heeaes'ethe to their original position (Fig5) after some crushing force has been removed such as would occurxwhenstepping upon the clasp while on i the floor. m I

Securing means l2 afiixes the band 8 to the hose membersd, 5 by clampingthe interlock 9, loin the medial position of the clasp between said hosemembers." z This securing'means 'consistsof a rigidclipl3 Fig -7)', theends of which are intended to be bent over as shown in'Figure 2.

The securing means I 2 presses down on the inter v lock 9, It so tightlythat said. securing means comes'well within the boundaries ofjth'' band'between the hose members. This insures the avoidance of absolutelyanyprojection from the.

securing means that may either catch on an ob 1 4 hoseline i ssteppedupon. As soon as the crushstruction or tear the hands of the workman.'I. v The advantages of theeclasp are set out. as followsqv 'Ihefflencircling parts do not cut into t o qfme r w u wi e nd the jlikThecl'asp'is appliedrather' tightly; "soti ghtly that the hose memberswill neither slip nor' turn, v

but they donotp'ress into the'surface' of thej hjose members to anynoticeable extent. 'The thickness o-f fthe band .8 is not great (enough'tomake, any noticeable edge, so'that one can slide his hand up dv meetany appreciable obstructioni v The' (111 13, together with' theinterlock9 .510 whichit squeezes together; makes. a laid bridge 'whichspace's thehose members 45 a definite jdistance part. iThis "spacing 'is'hig'hlydesirable jbecauseshould any molten metal or red hot frag; Jmentsjof'metal fall on the hose line itwillltend drop m hjthefspace andth y n ithe danger "of; burning throughi' l clasp itself is inflammable? [bY O$;fr0m

. the' metal structure of its constituents these-called bridge isperfectly. rigid yetfthi's rigidityffd'oes" not interfere with thejireeresilient action ,ofthe hose member'sin returning'the?'en circlingparts- I l' to. normal position after crush .ing.

"e' mode} or abplicat dri 'f f. the} follows: Mallabl f bands}. and.clips I t res 6 and 7, or substantially of those forms.

L 'ta'keband a and wrapit around' hehoselflemf gbers. 4; 15 in'theImannerQSIl g B'Stedby Fig I .The"'side s will haveto be pressed inasj.deriot.ed

by the arrows J s'ufliciently f ar] to enable Tint'erconnectingthe hookends}, IE so that the band is converted'into a loop. f It mustbeunderstood 1 1;hat the-mode of interconnectionby hooksis not The ends.

= necessarily adhered-to. l..

,way desired; They might". be soldered'together {itselfl to soldering.However, simpliity and speed 1. time. pr i s re id e i r t the Inpractice an cludes an upstanding part that preserves thesp'aclngbetweenthe hose members andat the same .clasp. vThe clip l3-- is.=put;fin Iplace; under. the

middl part. a d a d, m e. st??? n s H. ..ten ineup ar The middle a e-tha mattress t6- down the hose line aroundtheclas'p andnot cl sp "is vasr the band maybe a eni ies w th tthatta s. v used to: complete the.joint, the set: being on ,the 1 order of a; very blunt cold; chisel. HThe anvil I ingetherby ahammer blow on the set which has 7 been appliedto said middle part where exposed before the upstanding ends l4. Each ofthe ends [4 is then given a clip with the hammer so that they are'bentinwardly (Fig. 2) ,"the set then being used again to finish the job. Allof the operations of applying the clasp'can be gone through veryquickly,v a person with a little practice being able to: make a completeinstallation in approximately thirty-five seconds. V

Figure 5, already: touched upon,.is intended to illustrate whatisregarded as the most important "1 feature of the invention, namely thereturn of the malleable, band to normal position by the naturaljrjes'iliencydfth hose member after the crushing 'IOICB is removed. Thehose member 4 is supposed to be under a crushing force in the full lineposition fo'r'example' such as would occur when the ingiorce is removedthe deformed encircling part 1 I 'return's'to its normal round shape asdesignated-at lfi in dotted lines It is contemplated to use the claspfor purpos'e's other fthan'theones specified above. 7 Its'slmple thefinal act of its application may consist of the interconnection of itsends as in Figure 8 whether theinterconnecting-means comprises the} ends9;[0 or'solder or the like. "After the loop is completed itsfmfefdialkpart can be squeezedfltogether between thejres'ilientmembers,and the 'act:'of:applying 'stopp'edthere. The claspflthus'oonstituted'flis not'as good] as when the clip "[3 isattached, butjitwilljdo for many purposes wherein two members are intended to be heldin the 'spacedjparallelis'm.i y c Going still"fa rther, the primarilythinband 8 can be substituted by a band materially thicker.

'Malleability disappears"asthicknessincreases. A .band of such a naturecansimply be looped around and presse'dgtogether mas medial; part, the

clip" [3 againbeing omitted, andby-virtueof its 7 superior thiclcnessmade to'more rigidly .-clasp than contemplated at the beginning 'of thisdescription. j v, f v

I,c1aim:+j I v Q 1. The combinationiof twor'esilient hose members, and aband embracing said membersjso' as sufiicient resiliency to, overcomethe, resiliency of the band-and return thoseparts of the bandvin contactwith the'hose tonormal position when a crushing force is remov'ed' 2.:'I;'he.combination of. two resilient hose mem hers; a "malleablebandencircling said members so as tohold them together, "and securing meansforthe medial. l artsfofltheband, making a rigid bridge between the hosemembers to space them apart, the malleability of; the band ar'idthe"resiliency of said. membersf'relatively being such as to insure thereturn of its encircling partsto [normal position when a crushing forceis removed.

'3.*"Ihe'combinati on of two resilient hose membars, a malleable band;applied around the hose member's} in'an embracing. position to hold saidmembers togethen -the, ends .of the band being connectedto each otherto'convertthe band into as r Ltojhold them together, said band beingcomposed of malleable material and jsaidmembers being of gether betweensaid members to form a separating bridge. i,

5. The combination of two resilient members, a malleable loop embracingsaid members so as to tie them together, and a rigid clipapplied aroundthe medial part of the'loop, the ends of the clip being battered downupon said medial part and said clip composing a rigid metal bridgespacing said members apart.

6. The combination of'a pair of resilient members, a malleable loopgoing around said membars to tie them together in parallelism, themedialpart of the loop being squeezed together in close contact between saidmembers, and aiclip of rigid material applied around said squeezedtogether part, the through and through dimension of the clip andsqueezed together part being less than the size of said members. I

7. The combination of a pair of resilient members, a malleable bandhaving reversely bent ends forming oppositely directed hooks, said bandbeing applied around the said members inloop form with the hooksinterlocking between said members, the loop being pressedtogether at.the medial part between said members, and a clip of rigid materialapplied to, the medial part in the direction of said members and having,its ends bent over and battered down upon said medial part to make arigid interconnecting bridge which spaces said members apart.

' catching on an obstruction.

8. A clasp for parallel members comprising band having formations at,its opposite ends interconnected to convert the band into agloop aroundsaid members", and aclip of rigid material tightly gripping the band atthe point of interconnection of saidformations.

9. A clasp for parallel members comprising a band having formations atits opposite ends interconnected to convert the'band into a loop aroundsaid members, and a clip of rigid material tightly gripping thelatterintightly squeezed together I position between said members.

10. A clasp for parallel members comprising a band having formations atits opposite ends intera connected to convert the band into a. looparound said members, and a clip of rigid material tightly.

gripping the-loop in squeezed together position at i said formationsbetween said members;

11. A clasp for connecting two memberslin j parallelism, said membersbeing subject to dragging over a floor, comprisingza single band to beapplied around said membersin loop form I and having means at its endsfor making a fixed interconnection solely within the boundaries, of theband so as to avoid any projection capable of I 12. A clasp forconnecting two 7 parallelism, said members beingsubject to fremembers-inquentwhandling by a workman, comprising.- a 1 single band securedaroundsaid members, the

medial parts of the band being; squeezed togetherin the space betweentheLsaid members so as to lie solely within the boundaries of saidmembers andthereby avoid any projection likely totear the hands of theworkman.

FRED w. GUNN.

